Consumers should stop reading these books immediately unless otherwise instructed, and contact Oxmoor House for a full refund.

“About 951,000” copies of these books, on shelves from January 1975 through December 2009 for between $13 and $35, are currently in circulation, posing a threat to personal and residential safety. No fires, shocks, burns, injuries or deaths of any nature, including disbelief, have yet been reported as a result of these books but one can never be too careful. The books don't need to be rewritten, they need to be rewired.

The books in question are home improvement/DIY volumes that include six titles from Sunset.

Sunset? The end of the world is nigh. And has been since, at least, 1975, when these books first posed a threat, of sorts. Maybe. Who knows? Can I get a witness?

If instructions are followed, the potential result will be a This Old House dire blooper reel because “the books contain errors in the technical diagrams and wiring instructions that could lead consumers to incorrectly install or repair electrical wiring, posing an electrical shock or fire hazard to consumers.”

Lest you believe that dear, dependable, now dangerous Sunset is the only reliable purveyor of DIY books with something extra, a little - what? - spark, Lowe's offers these titles to bring excitement into the otherwise ho-hum world of home repair:

"How To Get The Job Done Right." Wrong!

Kitchen, bathroom, exterior, painting - You can do it all!(With ambulance on-call).

The essential guide to destroying your home.
It's a cinch!

If, per improbable chance, you have experienced injury or property damage as the result of reading and executing the instructions in these books or require additional information, contact Oxmoor House toll-free at (866) 696-7602 anytime, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.sunsetrecall.com

P.S.: Should you have more than six of these nine books next to one another on a bookshelf, you may wish to consider investing in insulated bookends. You can never be too careful. Consult your local book seller-electrician.